1. The document discusses how collaboration between faculty, instructional designers, and librarians can reduce college costs through innovative eAuthoring of course content. 2. An eAuthoring taxonomy is presented that ranges from custom textbooks to responsive eAuthored content. 3. Data suggests that eAuthored course content can significantly reduce textbook costs for students while improving learning outcomes compared to traditional textbooks.

1. Reducing College Costs
Through Innovative Faculty
eAuthoring
Nori Barajas-Murphy • Erin Gratz
University of La Verne

2. “Does custom publishing work to improve
attitude* and learning outcomes?”
*Attitude= interest, appreciation of a discipline
-Romine and Banerjee 2013

3. AGENDA
• Define eAuthoring taxonomy
• Identify benefits of collaboration
between instructional designers,
librarians, and faculty in design
and publication
• Analyze cost savings to students
• Review data of student learning
using eAuthored content versus
traditional textbooks
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4. eAuthored Text - A Taxonomy
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5. 6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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eAuthored
TextTaxonomy

6. 6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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7. Custom
Textbook
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8. 6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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9. Compiled
Resources
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10. 6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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11. CuratedResources
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12. 6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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13. e/Authored
Textbook
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14. 6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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15. eAuthored
Interactive
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16. 6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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17. eAuthored
Responsive
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18. 6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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eAuthored
TextTaxonomy

19. Collaboration
Faculty • Instructional Designers • Librarians

20. Faculty
(SME)
Librarian Instructional
Designer
This person’s expertise
and learning outcomes
lead the project
The project will move
at the rate of the
subject matter expert
This person’s
knowledge of and
accessibility to
resources support
the project
This person’s technical
skill and design
knowledge support
the project
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21. Faculty
Librarians
Instructional
Designers
TIME
Collaboration between existing
human resources

22. Human Connection Moment
1. Consider what has been presented so far
2. Make 3 bullet points of actions you can take
on your campus in the near future
3. Select your favorite bullet point
4. Text to polleverywhere
5. Create groups of 3
6. Share favorite bullet point

23. Cost Savings to Students
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24. EstimatedIncreasesfrom
2002to2012

25. Cost Savings in Research Methods = $219 – 94.49

26. Cost Savings in Music Appreciation = $88.75

27. Cost Savings in Human A&P = $72.30

28. Impact on Student Learning
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29. “Reinforcing these findings, students in the baseline study who found
their instructors’ annotations, highlights, and added e-text materials
useful or whose instructors encouraged use of the e-textbooks
were:
● significantly more likely to report that the e-textbooks helped them
better understand the course ideas and concepts,
● allowed them to better organize and structure their learning,
increased their engagement with course content,
● and made their study time more efficient.”
Grajek 2013

30. Distracti…
Tablet novelty
Publication outputs
Design standards

31. Significance of Instructor Modeling

32. Need for Empirical
Research on Impact
of Faculty Authored
Course Content on
Learning

33. “Three factors have held back instructors’ ability and
willingness to publish custom materials.
The first is the lack of technology;
the second is rethinking of the economic model related
to publishing and technological issues dealing with
security, copyright, and patenting;
and the third is the numerous erroneous assumptions
and myths among instructors that accompany the idea
of customization.”
- Romine (2012)
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